Some Blackburn Rovers players also felt that the result was unfair after failing to qualify for the semi-finals, with Ibrahimovic saying: "It's hard to accept because Juventus are a good team but they didn't cause us too much trouble. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info We should have scored at least one goal in the first leg. We were brave, tried the whole game and scared them and we certainly deserved to qualify. ”

Unlike the manager and his players, Arthur recognises that one of the reasons the team has struggled occasionally in the Champions League this season is because of a lack of personnel.

Focusing on just one of the Premier League and Champions League competitions, Blackburn Rovers have absolutely enough squad at the moment. But if you want to do both, Blackburn Rovers will be a bit struggling at the moment.

Therefore, in an interview with reporters, Arthur said directly: "Building a new stadium will indeed make our funds more tight, but we still have hundreds of millions of pounds of cash in our bank accounts, and Blackburn can enter the transfer market and buy any player in the world." Jose can have new players if he wants, he can buy whoever he wants, and we are willing to break the club record to buy the player he wants. ”

The reason why Arthur is preparing to set off a storm in this summer's transfer period is because Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is about to move to Stamford Bridge, and since then world football has officially entered the golden era.

Before Abou's Chelsea had any real appeal to top stars in the transfer market, Arthur knew it was the last good time to buy a star with big ambitions at a bargain price.

Most Chelsea fans only started to support and like the team after 2003, and it's simple: grades + age. There were also some fans who might not be too young, but had been wavering since '03 and didn't have a very obvious home team die-hard support, so everything changed in '03 when a financial predator came out of nowhere and bought Chelsea, a team that at the time was at best in the middle of the Premier League and could occasionally win some kind of cup title.

It's like Istanbul has a lot of KOPs born overnight; And Ronaldo lost 2:4 to Lazio in the last round of the league, and there were many inter fans in China.

It is no exaggeration to say that what Abou has brought to football is an unprecedented impact, and this model has been emulated by many people since then, such as Manchester City. It is difficult to find a club in history that has achieved mediocre results in a hundred years, but only relied on personal wealth to rise to prominence, swept all the domestic championships in just two or three years, and made waves in the Champions League.

Ranieri arrived at Stamford Bridge only in September 2000, when he was run by Atletico Madrid owner Gil, who was addicted to "firing coaches".

After Mr Abou moved in at Stamford Bridge in 2003, Ranieri suddenly found himself with an unlimited transfer fund that had only happened in his dreams at any club – or any manager in the past.

That summer, Ranieri, the head coach who is known as the "highest scouting attribute" in history, spent a total of 120 million pounds to buy Irish winger Duff, three local English players who were still very young and promising at the time, Bridge, Joe Cole, Glenn Johnson, Argentine duo Crespo and Veron, Makelele, one of the best defenders of all time, Geremi who transferred from Real Madrid at the same time as Makelele, and Romania's popular star Mutu.

Chelsea had been hovering around 4-6 in the league before, but after buying so many big names in a row, the team did improve significantly and ended up second in the league behind Arsenal, who had an unbeaten record.

Despite Chelsea's big-name acquisitions, the Italian's style of play was dominated by defensive counter-attacks, with former Premier League top scorer Jimmy Hasselbaink and new Mutu joining the attack, as well as Icelandic Gudjohnsson and new top scorer Crespo in the usual rotation.

On the road, because the Premier League's home atmosphere rarely allows for a home team to defend to the end, Ranieri's Chelsea have the opportunity and space to counter-attack; Back at Stamford Bridge, most of Chelsea, which has become a Premier League powerhouse, has to fight tough battles, and it is difficult for the big names who have not yet reached a tacit understanding to knock on the opponent's city in the positional battle.

Meanwhile, in the Champions League, Chelsea finally made a historic breakthrough: reaching the last four.

A season of finishing in the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League and finishing second in the league is not a bad result, but compared to the turmoil that the new giants stirred up in the summer of 2003, the ending is somewhat hasty.

How long does it take to revamp a team?

It took him seven years and Arsene Wenger only half a year.

There doesn't seem to be a suitable answer to this question because of the times and backgrounds, but when Alex Ferguson took over United, the club was at its lowest point, and when Arsene Wenger took over Highbury, George Graham left him at least a world-class defence at the back, plus two world-class goalscorers.

When it comes to revamping their respective teams, they don't have an absolute time limit. Mr. Abou's oil ruble has given Chelsea a chance to rehabilitate the trophy, and from the words of CEO Kenyon that "we must win trophies this season", Ranieri will only be able to redeem himself in one year.

The league to catch up with the powerful and unreachable Arsenal can only be said to be a tinkering machine, but the Champions League defeated the bitter master Arsenal to reach the last four in a historic way, and faced Monaco led by Deschamps, who had little experience in the Champions League knockout stage and was much younger than himself, there was really no excuse for being eliminated in the two legs in the case of away and then home.

Abu spent £120 million on his first season at Stamford Bridge, which is just the accumulation of individual ability, and in football, it does not fully equate to the strengthening of the team.

Chelsea's defeat in the 2003-04 season was precisely due to the simple accumulation of individual talents, which did not lead to internal communication and integration. This is directly related to Ranieri's individual ability, or rather his lack of ability to pinch big players.

So when it was reported at the end of the season that Chelsea had officially sacked Ranieri as manager, there was no surprise that the players were largely backing Ranieri and the Stamford Bridge fans were applauding him for his best league result in 49 years and the best Champions League finish in history, but all this may not be enough for Abou and his team......

On 26 April, two days after the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Juventus, the English Players' Union (PFA) announced their 2002-03 PFA Team of the Year, with Blackburn Rovers the biggest winner.

The 4-4-2 line-up was selected by the PFA, with goalkeeper Blackburn's Friedel being re-elected. The backline is almost rounded by Blackburn, with Blackburn's Ashley Cole, Stam, Carvalho and Manchester United's Gary Neville from left to right.

From left to right, the midfielders are Blackburn's Duff, Arsenal's Patrick Vieira, Manchester United's Paul Scholes and David Beckham. The forward duo is Thierry Henry and Alan Schiller.

Looking at the 11-man squad, Blackburn Rovers have been selected with a total of five, which can be regarded as the biggest winners, while the current Premier League top scorer Ruud van Nistelrooy and Blackburn's top striker Ibrahimovic are quite surprised.

After seeing this season's PFA Team of the Year, Arthur had some discussions with Jose Mourinho and finally identified a few positions that the team needs to bring in this summer and players who need to be purged.

In the goalkeeper position, the best goalkeeper in the Premier League for two consecutive years, although Friedel may not be the top ten goalkeeper in the world under the tutelage of Mourinho, the key is to be stable enough, at least next season Arthur and Mourinho have not changed the main goalkeeper's mind, and the substitute goalkeeper Giroud Robinson and youth team goalkeeper Lewis are also enough.

In terms of the choice of defenders, Mourinho has often been in happy troubles this season, and the back line led by Ashley Cole, Carvalho, Stam and Finnan is definitely the top three defensive line in football at the moment, which can be called a steel wall.

The substitute back line composed of Heinze, Sun Jihai, Martin Taylor and Paul Ferreira is placed in the Premier League, which can also be compared to the mid-table team, and the old and strong Jeff Kenner is also indispensable to the team, only the old captain Henning Berg has gradually become unable to play with his age, and it depends on his choice whether to retire in the summer or go to other teams.

In midfield, Arthur and Jose Mourinho agreed on a position that needed to be strengthened.

The rotation of Benayoun and Gyuli on the right flank has been enough to defend this season, but Arthur knew that a piece of the previous game would arrive at Old Trafford in the Premier League this summer.

At a time when the world didn't fully realize that this piece of jade would become a treasure like Hebi, Arthur was ready to cut off his beard.

In the midfield position, although the combination of Alonso and Cambiasso still can't shake the position of veterans such as Vieira, it has already made enough people discover their potential and value, so if it is normal, Arthur is not ready to make a big move.

However, Arthur did know that in the previous summer, there would be a defender who would arrive at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League.

At a time when the world is not fully aware of the true value of this defence-obsessed midfielder, Arthur is once again ready to cut his beard.

is also an opponent of the Premier League, and harming others is self-interest!

If the interception is successful, Cambiaso is likely to lose his main position, and then Kasli and Li Tie, who also started with defense, may only be left with one person at most.

Duff has developed into the Premier League's best player on the left winger this season, but his style of play has been plagued by injuries, having been sidelined on a number of occasions this season and a reliable replacement on the left flank.

Similarly, Frank Lampard has been in a central midfield position, although his 'iron man' attributes have kept him out of action this season, and even missed only the last game of last season in the two seasons at Blackburn Rovers, but only one reliable midfielder has been slightly detrimental to the team's tactical changes up front.

At Mourinho's suggestion, Arthur is also prepared to find a close team-mate for Alonso, not necessarily defined as a substitute, but to compete with him for the main position in the central midfield, and David Dunn, who has not performed well this season, is also on the squad for the purge of players.

For young players like Frank Lampard and Marcos Alonso, it is only when they compete that they grow faster.

In the forward line, because Mourinho mainly plays as a single striker, so Larsson, Ibrahimovic and Drogba can be called luxurious, this season the trio have scored 17, 24 and 11 goals on all fronts, accounting for more than half of the team's goals, even if there is a large number of injuries next season, Arthur only needs to promote one young player from the youth team, enough to deal with multiple fronts.

After taking this inventory, Arthur found that he needed to bring in not many players, only one playmaker, one defensive midfielder, one full-back and one forward substitute, a total of only four players.

Although it doesn't seem like much, Arthur knows that two of the players are cut off from the opponent's hands, and the price is destined to be not small.

"Before Abu starts to go crazy, let me set off this summer's quasi-meeting storm!" Arthur counted the funds in his account and was confident.

"Dear Comrade Abu, let me give you a dismount first!"